2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry

2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Sea Girt, N. J., May 13 to 15, 1898, with 51 officers and 979 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to First Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, June 3

• Movements:
  • Arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., June 3
  • Changed station from Jacksonville to Pablo Beach, Fla., September 2
  • Left Pablo Beach September 22; arrived at Sea Girt, N. J., September 24
  • Left Sea Girt October 17; arrived at Paterson, N. J., October 18

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Paterson, N. J., November 17, 1898, with 50 officers and 1,220 enlisted men. Casualties while in senice: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 23; drowned, 1; deserted, 2.

From:

• Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, Center for Military History, U.S. Army, Vol 1
  • The Organization of the Army during the Spanish-American War, page 509
  • Organization of Volunteers, page 581

See Also:

• Spanish American War
• Spanish American War Regiments
• Spanish American War Camps